27th Oct 1900 Cameronians 0 Partick Thistle 3 (Glasgow Cup Semi Final)

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Match Information

					Tom Atherton; Dick Crawford; Geordie McNicoll
					William Hagart; Walter Fairgrieve; Jimmy Chalmers
					Dick Crawford (1-0, 1st half); Willie Freebairn (2-0, 2nd half); Geordie McNicoll (3-0, 2nd half)
			McKenzie		Tom Wilkie			23y, 6m, 27d
			Hill		Alec Kay			20y, 11m, 18d
			Aitken		Tom Hyslop			29y, 2m, 7d
			Furlough		Tom Harvey			20y, 5m, 12d
			Laidlaw		David Proudfoot			28y, 6m, 26d
			Coulter		William Goudie			21y, 7m, 8d
			Paterson		Tom Atherton			21y, 9m, 19d
			Clark		Willie Freebairn			25y, 9m, 18d
			Archibald Scott		Dick Crawford
			Milligan		Geordie McNicoll
			McKnight		Willie Paul			34y, 8m, 20d
								25y, 2m, 7d

notes

The ref turned up late - so late he found the teams about to start a friendly!

Match Report

TTA report

A poor game. Thistle were lucky to be ahead at half-time thanks to Crawford. In the second half play improved and goals by Freebairn and McNicoll took Thistle to the final. Cameronians had 2 goals chalked off for off-side. Sadly, Freebairn was kicked in the chest, never played again and died on 19 Nov aged 25.

Stats Watch

● Dick Crawford makes his Thistle debut and joins our scoring debutants club.

● 25-year-old Willie Freebairn plays his last game for Thistle and marks the occasion by scoring his final goal for the club.

ongoing sequences:

● 14 games without a clean-sheet in the League; 9th Dec 1899 to date. (Longest run since: 28 games; 23rd Oct 1897 to 17th Dec 1898. Club-record: 35 games; 19th Aug 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 44 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Freebairn, 19th Aug 1899 to date, matching his personal best. (Longest run since: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 27th May 1893 to 13th Apr 1895. Now a joint club-record.)

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